01 n. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
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One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.“Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.” — Ascham.
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A libertine; a wencher.[Obs.]
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A longitudinal sleeper.(Railroad)
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A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.(Shipbuilding)
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A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.(Carp.)
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A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent.(Newspapers) Also: string correspondent
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a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage.(Aviation)